Month: December 2011

This is the season to be jolly and people are barraged by the sight, sound and smell of Christmas. Outlets are also doing their best to entice shoppers and the sight of Christmas decorations at most outlets across town has...

The MD of power utility, Nampower, Paulinus Shilamba has confirmed recent reports that the country could face power shortages as early as next year due to growing demand driven by increased mining activities.Shilamba told...

NamPower, the state run power utility, is currently looking at a number of sites in the Erongo region as a suitable location for a coal power station, with Arandis currently first in line.Paulinus Shilamba, managing director of...

When three major players in one industry, all announce substantial shifts in strategy and/or focus in a very short span, it signals a fundamental change in the underlying assumptions. These past two weeks saw one surprise after...

What happened?The key pattern is an equatorial low pressure core over Angola and a well-developed trough-line extending across western Botswana with the ability to bring thunder storms to the Kavango and Caprivi regions.The...

City Police has warned Windhoek residents and members of the public to be more vigilant with home and personal safety during the festive season following spikes in burglaries, robberies and theft.City Police Superintendent Gerry...

According to latest statistics from the City of Windhoek, the number and value of building plans approved during November increased compared to the previous month.On a month-on-month basis, the number of plans approved,...

Control over the fabulously-rich Rössing South uranium deposit is again the motive behind a brewing controversy. Last week Friday, the owner of the EPL, Extract Resources through its local wholly owned subsidiary, Swakop...